And so it begins, sealed grow room project

[Anthem]

Do not worry about a threshold. HD has a sweep that is basically fabric and you can cut it to size. It is basically 2-1" round foam pieces inside of fabric and you just cut it to size. That and some weatherstripping is all you really need.

 

[Dummy buds]

And we got life!!!

 

[BigBlonde]

And we got life!!!

I so love to see plants at the beginning of their lives.

 

[Shaded_One]

Am I just trippin' or do I not see any exhaust/intake vents? is it in the ceiling?

lookin good!

 

[BigBlonde]

Am I just trippin' or do I not see any exhaust/intake vents? is it in the ceiling?

lookin good!

I see a fan at the top, in the corner above the hinge side of the door.

 

[Dummy buds]

@Shaded_One I do have an inline fan, ac infinity 6", but no it won't be exhausting outside of the room, its completely sealed, im going to inject c02.

 

[Dummy buds]

So check this out, I called Ac infinity and talked to a rep for about 45 minutes, if I remember correctly the guys name was Brad or Brian. After telling him what my goals are, and the current equipment I purchased, they upgraded my controller, sent me ducting, and the plugs to control the whole room. For free, blew my mind! Made my day!!!

 

[Dummy buds]

So my AC unit came in today, geez it's a lot bigger that I had anticipated, but damn it works well, it's a bit overkill but it works great

 

[BigBlonde]

So check this out, I called Ac infinity and talked to a rep for about 45 minutes, if I remember correctly the guys name was Brad or Brian. After telling him what my goals are, and the current equipment I purchased, they upgraded my controller, sent me ducting, and the plugs to control the whole room. For free, blew my mind! Made my day!!!

Wow! When I last talked with their support about a problem with the Controller 69 Pro, all I got was a promise to forward my issue to their programmers.

 

[BigBlonde]

So my AC unit came in today, geez it's a lot bigger that I had anticipated, but damn it works well, it's a bit overkill but it works great

Have you calculated how much power the whole operation will be drawing and whether the circuit can handle it?

 

[Observationist]

So check this out, I called Ac infinity and talked to a rep for about 45 minutes, if I remember correctly the guys name was Brad or Brian. After telling him what my goals are, and the current equipment I purchased, they upgraded my controller, sent me ducting, and the plugs to control the whole room. For free, blew my mind! Made my day!!! View attachment 1328893

Is that a .45?

 

[Dummy buds]

@Observationist yes it is

 

[Dummy buds]

@BigBlonde I have not on paper, I did a rough estimate in my head, which probably is close. I ran everything last night to test the controller, fans, etc, and it ran without a catch, and no cords were hot, or the outlets. My basement is on a 20amp circuit, im pretty sure I'm at 12-14amps

 

[BigBlonde]

@BigBlonde I have not on paper, I did a rough estimate in my head, which probably is close. I ran everything last night to test the controller, fans, etc, and it ran without a catch, and no cords were hot, or the outlets. My basement is on a 20amp circuit, im pretty sure I'm at 12-14amps

Sounds good! It leaves you with enough power for other stuff, too.

 

[Dummy buds]

@BigBlonde I'm actually at 16-17amp on a 20 amp circuit, but that's at full load, the ac doesn't run very often. The fans are at 1/3rd of max potential. I removed the power supply for the light out of the room so it doesn't get very warm in there. It sat between 70-72° all night, and the acts average run time was 8 minutes per hour. So I guess peak amperage is 17 amps. It'll be fine, nothing else runs down there.

 

[Dummy buds]

Now one thing I would really appreciate some input on is the ducting for the AC, it let's a lot of light in. Should I paint them black, cover in black plastic bags (it works great). What are your guy's thoughts?

 

[Dummy buds]

It popped roots this morning, so in the sauce it goes!



Ppm 110

water temp 65ish

Humidity 60-70%

Ph 5.85
Vpd 1.87







 

[Dummy buds]

First 24 hours is in the books, ph barely drifted from 5.8 to 6.1, I top water it with a dropper, I wet down the rocks around the plug. So far so good


 

[Dummy buds]

 

[Dummy buds]

Little bit of progress, its been in the bucket for about a week now